So, I have been very transparent throughout my adult life that I am a pretty bad housewife. Most of this revolves buying the food and cooking the food. I blame my extreme nauseous state mixed with a lot of newborns in between for the better part of our first decade of marriage. For the second part, I blame ADHD. Can you remember your list, keys, wallet, and what am I here for, when your kids are literally doing flips.out of cart or on the rail that separates check out aisles? I think not. I even mentioned to Ben that I bet if I posted a help needed ad on Craigslist, someone would do my grocery shopping for me. And then there were those Craigslist murders, IN Georgia, and I decided bad plan.
So paired with Blue Ribbon Foods plus Ben’s mad grocery shopping skills, we’ve been ok. But y’all. Grocery delivery, just like the kind I was dreaming of six years ago is a real thing now. And I can’t be more excited to try it!
Not only will they deliver groceries to our house, but to my office, my mom’s house or to us while we are on vacation. Which is a super bonus, because I seem to forget all the things (except the important people) when we go on vacation. So we usually spend hours 2 and 3 of our vacation getting acquainted with the local people of Wal-Mart. And since my kids have very limited experience with retail stores, we probably resemble the people of Wal-Mart.
So, I get it. You can use your fancy list and go pick up your groceries. But y’all, that still takes planning. You have to let them know before that day, and show up at that time, and wait on them to come out, and that’s a lot of steps. (ADHD, it’s real y’all. ). With Shipt, I can get next hour delivery and they bring it to my house. Easy peasy. Did I mention the importance of same day? When we are out of toilet paper, we cannot plan our pick up for two days from now. Amazon has been filling in this gap for me with our Prime 2 hour delivery. But it’s limited stock/brands and they’re slowly creeping their price up month by month (I see you, Amazon. You aren’t fooling us.).
Another feature that I am excited about, which I think most of these type services have, is a favorite’s list. So, every week we need Gogurt, lunch meat, milk, and Goldfish, right? Instead of having to search for those things, they will be in a pre-saved list. (Yes, we eat like toddlers. Don’t judge us.).
There are also section to view the sales’ items. So, just because you’re domestically challenged like me, you don’t have to give up your BOGO deals and such. And they’re even nicely arranged in one section, kind of like you’re in the store! (In case you would miss that…)
Will my extra frugal husband be mad at me for paying a yearly membership for this? Maybe. But, he just gained an hour or more a week back to his life, and we have had to learn that even though we hate paying for things that our time is valuable. I’m already thinking of all the amazing things he, I mean we, can get done in that extra hour a week! :):)
Like most things these days, Shipt has a referral program. If you use my link, listed below, you get $10 off your order. And so do I! I can’t tell you firsthand, yet, how great this service is, but I can tell you how super excited I am about it. And that I’ve done a lot of research on it, via Facebook surveys of my friends, the Better Business Bureau site, as well as other random online reviews, and I think I’m going to like it. I think you will too.
Another area I’ve been struggling for the last 11.5 years of my marriage, menu planning. And I don’t love the automated services for that. So, if you have some super yummy, super toddler friendly (haha) meals, leave them in the comments!
Thanks friends! ❤ Chasidy
I ordered my groceries from Shipt! Use my link and get $10 back when you sign up! via @Shipt https://www.shipt.com/groceries/?r=CE7758
The Brooks Family 